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CocoPuffs101
Thanks for the quick reply! The building we work in has about 500 employees (AM, PM, and Night shift nursing staff, management, housekeeping, dietary/kitchen, etc), but is part of a larger corporate company which has around 80 facilities throughout California.
She never asked about the FMLA (granted, she should have), because once the administrator said she'd personally handle it if my friend had to call off because of her illness, both of us figured that she'd be able to continue to work regularly unless she had an appointment or lots of pain.
I urged her to contact the insurance company that we go through at work, to see if she can continue her coverage through that company. Hopefully, even if it's not at the discounted rate anymore, she will be able to continue with coverage through them. If not, COBRAs rates are more than double what the old policy was costing her, but I'm more than willing to help her out with that.
I'm going to pass on your advice to her and hope she will take it (I can definitely post on her behalf, but I don't think a lawyer's office would care for me showing up asking for assistance for her!)
Again, thanks for the fast reply! Any more information on this type of situation would be greatly appreciated!